The abolitionist movement was created to abolish slavery in America, and it was supported by a fair amount of Americans.
The abolitionist movement was created to abolish slavery in America, and it was supported by a fair amount of Americans.
The Abolitionist Movement started in the early 1800's and it was a group of people that wanted to abolish/end slavery in the U.S.A.
The abolitionist movement largely ended in 1863 with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal. Since the abolitionist movement had been founded to try and abolish slavery, it's work was done.
Christians and Quakers were very involved with the abolitionist movement in early America to abolish (end) slavery in America.
No, an abolitionist was someone who wanted to abolish, or get rid of, slavery.
An abolitionist
The word abolitionist means a person that was against slavery. :)
The goals of the abolitionist movement were to abolish slavery in the US and free all the Blacks from bondage and bring them into normal society. The American Colonization Society's goals were to reinstate the free Blacks back into Africa.However,The abolitionist movement was split on colonization. For example, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglas disagreed on colonization Stowe supported the colonization movement. So did Abraham Lincoln although he was not an active abolitionist.
Americas first abolitionist?
Someone who wanted to abolish slavery, on the grounds that it was immoral.
Yes. They wanted to abolish slavery.